Manact, Minnesota — The No. 24 Minnesota State women’s swimming and diving team had a strong performance on Saturday afternoon, defeating St. Catherine 193-78 at Highland Pool and taking first place in all 16 events.
MSU has a 3-1 record in dual action this season.
Head coach: “The team did a really good job today.” Nathan Owens Said. “We’ve kept our foot on the gas in training and we’ve been playing matches for a month straight, so everyone is a little tired. That said, the girls put in a great effort today and raced hard in the pool.” I did.”
“I thought our diving team was sharp and had their best performance so far this year. In the pool, we had some of our girls have their best performances of the season, and it was great to see that. It’s always a good thing. We have another dual meet next week,” and then we’ll peak at the midseason meet in a few weeks and then rest.”
junior sidney hanson It sets the standard in both 1 meter and 3 meter diving. She scored a score of 264.90 in the 3-meter dive that day, followed by a score of 248.70 in the 1-meter dive.
The Mavericks also won both the 200 medley relay and 200 freestyle relay events.junior quartet maiya caribeauSenior brooke shellnew student Briana Schroyer and senior Olivia Hudoba The senior team took first place in the 200-meter medley relay with a time of 1 minute 49.47 seconds. Elise MishmashSenior Ella Defeverjunior Abby Gronholz and junior Kaylee Sivertsen He won the 200m freestyle relay with a time of 1:40.60.
Hudoba went on to win both the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle events with times of 24.82 and 54.25 seconds, respectively.Senior Roel op de Haar He took first place in the 200m freestyle with a time of 1:59.74, but the sophomore sidney miller He placed first in the 500m freestyle with a time of 5:22.87.junior Sienna Shirek Clay He also placed first in the 1,000 freestyle with a time of 10:58.06.
In the backstroke event, Gronholz took first place in the 50 backstroke with a time of 27.02 seconds, but among junior swimmers jaedyn hill He won the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:00.35.
Shell took first place in the 50-meter breaststroke event with a time of 30.78 seconds, but the sophomore megan schultz She won the 100m breaststroke with a time of 1:08.20.
new student Muddy Jaggers won the 100 butterfly with a time of 1:01.68, and Mishmash ran a time of 27.32 in the 50 butterfly. Schroyer also placed first in the 100 IM with a time of 1:01.21.
Minnesota State continues its season on Saturday, Nov. 4, when it faces Gustavus Adolphus and Wisconsin-Stevens Point in a double-double at 1 p.m. Minnesota State University will host a diving event at Highland Pole, and Gustavus Adolphus University will host a swimming event at Highland Pole. St. Peter, Minnesota.
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